PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A 64-year-old Florida man is behind bars on accusations of attempting to kidnap his 74-year-old ex-girlfriend, and the incident was all caught on camera.<\/p>\n
Arrested in the incident is Jose Zamora, who is facing a slew of charges including attempted kidnapping with a firearm.<\/p>\n
Port St. Lucie police said it happened Sunday morning outside the First United Methodist Church on SW Prima Vista Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Police said Zamora wanted to talk to the victim and tried to force her into his car at gunpoint.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral witnesses witnessed what was going on and intervened,\u201d said Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemzyck. \u201cThe courage that they displayed helped disarm a very dangerous escalating situation. The suspect did remove a firearm and placed it at the victim\u2019s side and tried to force her into the vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then, they say Zamora took off and drove to Hialeah.<\/p>\n
The victim felt some pain but did not have any visible marks or bruises, police said. <\/p>\n
According to authorities, the victim lived with Zamora in Hollywood before moving to Fort Pierce together, and by last December she wanted him out of the house because he became aggressive towards her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had a prior romantic relationship which had ended, and it ended allegedly due to some infidelities,\u201d said Niemzyck. \u201cBut he has a significant violent criminal history to include past attempted kidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said the victim got a protective injunction against Zamora in March after he was arrested for a weapons violation.<\/p>\n
Niemzyck said those details gave them cause to believe he would have harmed the victim.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a convicted felon,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s got a dangerous past. So, the family of his believed that he was a danger to himself as well as her. Actually, he was considered a potential suicide by cop suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigators said they used license plate readers to track Zamora down.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s currently locked up in the St. Lucie County Jail in Fort Pierce on a bond of $750,000.<\/p>\n
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